Festival Guide: New American Music Union, Pittsburgh, PA

Date: August 8-9, 2008, $25-$50

Sponsored by the youth-focused retail giant American Eagle and curated by The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, the inaugural New American Music Union --to be held in the streets of Pittsburgh--will bring the nation's hottest mainstream acts and college bands together. Tickets to the two-day summer music festival are surprisingly inexpensive for the bill, with big-name acts Bob Dylan , The Raconteurs and others slated to perform.

Lineup (subject to change):


  • Bob Dylan and His Band
  • The Raconteurs
  • Spoon
  • The Roots
  • Gnarls Barkley
  • The Black Keys
  • Black Mountain
  • Nasa
  • The Duke Spirit
  • Tiny Masters of Today
  • Bears
  • Elizabethan Report
  • Flying Machines
  • Gospel Gossip
  • Magic Bullets
  • Math the Band
  • My Dear Disco
  • Nothing Unexpected
  • Royal Bangs
  • The Black Fortys
  • The Company Kang
  • The Delicious
  • The Depreciation Guild
  • The French Horn Rebellion
  • The Steps

New American Music Union website

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